The academy sergeant major [1] is the senior non-commissioned officer instructor at a military academy.
At the British Army's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the academy sergeant major (AcSM) [Note 1] holds the rank of warrant officer class 1. Almost always held by a guardsman, it is one of the most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army.
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Photo | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | |
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JC Lord MVO MBE | Warrant Officer Class OneDecember 1960 | August 1963 | Grenadier Guards | ||
CH Phillips MBE | Warrant Officer Class OneAugust 1963 | December 1970 | Welsh Guards | ||
RP Huggins MBE | Warrant Officer Class OneDecember 1970 | February 1980 | Grenadier Guards | ||
DP Cleary MBE | Warrant Officer Class OneFebruary 1980 | September 1987 | Irish Guards | ||
M Nesbitt | Warrant Officer Class OneSeptember 1987 | August 1993 | Grenadier Guards | ||
DL Cox | Warrant Officer Class OneAugust 1993 | August 1994 | Grenadier Guards | ||
RH McCormack | Warrant Officer Class OneSeptember 1994 | April 1997 | Coldstream Guards | ||
AJ Crawford MBE | Warrant Officer Class OneMay 1997 | April 2000 | Scots Guards | ||
R Convery | Warrant Officer Class OneApril 2000 | December 2002 | Scots Guards | ||
M Gaunt OBE | Warrant Officer Class OneDecember 2002 | August 2005 | Grenadier Guards | ||
Simon Nichols MBE | Warrant Officer Class OneAugust 2005 | August 2007 | Irish Guards | ||
P.J Carr | Warrant Officer Class OneAugust 2007 | April 2010 | Coldstream Guards | ||
Ross Martin | Warrant Officer Class OneApril 2010 | December 2011 | Irish Guards | ||
Andrew 'Vern' Stokes MVO MSM [2] | Warrant Officer Class OneDecember 2011 | 2014 | Coldstream Guards | ||
Glenn Haughton MSM (born 1972) | Warrant Officer Class OneJanuary 2014 | 2015 | Grenadier Guards | ||
D Macphee (born 1972) | Warrant Officer Class OneApril 2015 | April 2017 | Scots Guards | ||
Carl Taylor | Warrant Officer Class OneApril 2017 | January 2021 | Welsh Guards | ||
Andy Purcell | Warrant Officer Class OneApril 2017 | August 2021 | Irish Guards | ||
Colin Kirkwood | Warrant Officer Class OneAugust 2021 | April 2023 | Scots Guards | ||
Daniel Cope | Warrant Officer Class OneApril 2023 | Present | Welsh Guards |
At the Australian Defence Force Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) also holds the rank of warrant officer class 1 or equivalent and is drawn on rotation from all three services.
At the Sri Lanka Military Academy, the academy sergeant major (ASM) is of the rank of warrant officer class I.